Safe Patient Care Initiatives

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) - "The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, based in suburban Philadelphia, is the nation’s only 501c (3) nonprofit organization devoted entirely to medication error prevention and safe medication use. The organization is known and respected worldwide as the premier resource for impartial, timely, and accurate medication safety information."
  Web Address / URL: http://www.ismp.org/

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - "The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality web site provides practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues."
  Web Address / URL: http://www.ahrq.gov/

• TeamSTEPPS^®: National Implementation - Developed by the Department of Defense's Patient Safety Program in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, TeamSTEPPS is three-phased process of assessment; planning, training, and implementation; and sustainment to improve patient safety within a health care system/organization.
  Web Address / URL: http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov/

• Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: General Resources List - This page from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides links to websites that provide practical resources hospitals can use to implement changes to improve patient safety culture and patient safety.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/patientsafetyculture/hospimpgen.htm

• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): Transforming Care at the Bedside - A national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and IHI, which began in July 2003 and concluded in August 2008 to create a framework of change to improve care provided in medical and surgical units. Web Address / URL: http://www.ihi.org/

• Protecting 5 Million Lives Campaign - From the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI), The "5 Million Lives Campaign" challenges American hospitals to adopt 12 changes in care that save lives and reduce patient injuries. More details about the 12 interventions are available on the following web page. Web Address / URL: http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/Campaign/

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Nurses & Nursing - This page provides links to access Foundation publications and research on support programs that address critical issues related to the nursing shortage and the nursing profession, with the goal of improving the quality of patient care.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.rwjf.org/pr/topic.jsp?topicid=1318

• The Joint Commission: 2010 National Patient Safety Goals - This page on The Joint Commission's website provides information about four elements of performance (EP's) they revised to remove very specific requirements and allow for the use of new accepted clinical practices.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.jointcommission.org/patientsafety/nationalpatientsafetygoals/

• National Quality Forum: Safety - "The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit organization that aims to improve the quality of healthcare for all Americans through fulfillment of its three-part mission:
  setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs."
  Web Address / URL: http://www.qualityforum.org/Topics/Safety.aspx

• National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) - The National Patient Safety Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1997 dedicated to improving the safety of care provided to patients by identifying and creating a core body of knowledge on this subject; developing and enhancing the culture of receptivity to patient safety; and raising public awareness and fostering communications about patient safety.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.npsf.org/

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